MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
SPRING 2022
2022
A Year to Remember THREE GRAND OPENINGS
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Above: 2022 is A Year to Remember. The Museum of New Mexico Foundation celebrates its 60th year with a special anniversary logo. The Museum of New Mexico celebrates three major grand openings. See details beginning on page 3. Cover (clockwise from top left): Navajo girls, Bosque Redondo era, New Mexico. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Neg. No. 038208.
LETTER TO MEMBERS
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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A YEAR TO REMEMBER
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MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE
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MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART
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NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART
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NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM
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OFFICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES
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NEW MEXICO HISTORIC SITES
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CORPORATE PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
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MUSEUM SHOPS
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WAYS TO GIVE
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Leo Villareal, rendering of outdoor digital installation at the future Vladem Contemporary. Photo courtesy of the artist. Jar. Artist unknown, Acoma Pueblo or Laguna Pueblo. Gift of Juan Olivas, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/ Laboratory of Anthropology. Photo © Addison Doty. Below: Anne Bingaman, Museum of New Mexico Foundation honorary trustee, with her husband Senator Jeff Bingaman at the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Centennial Gala in 2017. Photo © Gabriella Marks.
Our Mission The Museum of New Mexico Foundation supports the Museum of New Mexico system, in collaboration with the Museum of New Mexico Board of Regents and the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. The Foundation’s principal activities are fund development for exhibitions and education programs, retail and licensing programs, financial management, advocacy and special initiatives. The Museum of New Mexico Foundation serves the following state cultural institutions: • • • • • •
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Museum of International Folk Art New Mexico History Museum New Mexico Museum of Art New Mexico Historic Sites Office of Archaeological Studies
Member News Contributors Mariann Lovato, Managing Editor Carmella Padilla, Writer and Editor Molly Boyle, Writer Saro Calewarts, Designer and Photographer
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Dear Members, A Year to Remember. This best sums up 2022 for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and Museum of New Mexico system. The Foundation celebrates our 60th anniversary year in 2022 along with three major grand openings. An array of new exhibitions will also debut at our four state museums in Santa Fe this spring and summer. They will be complemented by public education programs and events designed to enlighten visitors of all ages. The first grand opening takes place in May at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. Their new permanent exhibition, Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival, tells of the tragic internment of Diné (Navajo) and N’de (Mescalero Apache) tribal members from 1863 to 1868. June marks the grand reopening of Here, Now and Always, the newly renovated permanent exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. This groundbreaking exhibition first opened in 1997 and became a national model for Indigenous communities telling their own stories about Native art, culture and lifeways in a museum setting. Finally, August brings the grand opening of the Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District. This major expansion of the New Mexico Museum of Art ushers in a new era for contemporary art in our state with outstanding exhibitions, new opportunities to expand the museum’s permanent collection, exciting new initiatives in community outreach and educational programming, and much more. Our feature story beginning on page 3 explores the many ways that Foundation members will experience these grand openings. Updated information on all activities at our Santa Fe museums, eight historic sites statewide and Office of Archaeological Studies will be coming to you every two weeks through our Member E-News. You can also check the Foundation’s website—museumfoundation.org—for a comprehensive calendar of events. This year and every year, we remember that the generous support from you, our members, makes possible these extraordinary advances and programming throughout the Museum of New Mexico. We can’t say it enough: Thank you! Sincerely,
“This year and every year, we remember that the generous support from you, our members, makes possible these extraordinary advances and programming throughout the Museum of New Mexico.” —Jamie Clements
Jamie Clements President/CEO
Photo by Saro Calewarts.
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MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
Board of Trustees 2021–2022 OFFICERS
ADVISORY TRUSTEES
Guy Gronquist, Chair Frieda Simons, First Vice Chair Robert Vladem, Second Vice Chair Michael Knight, Treasurer Maria Gale, Secretary
Victoria Addison Keith K. Anderson JoAnn Balzer Robert L. Clarke Stockton Colt France Córdova Liz Crews Sharon Curran-Wescott Jim Davis Joan Dayton Greg Dove George Duncan Karen Freeman Carlos Garcia Leroy Garcia J. Scott Hall Stephen Hochberg Ruth Hogan Barbara Hoover Kent F. Jacobs, M.D. Jim Manning David Matthews Helene Singer Merrin Beverly Morris Blair Naylor Mark Naylor Patty Newman Jane O’Toole Dan Perry John Rochester Wilson Scanlan Harriet Schreiner J. Edd Stepp Courtney Finch Taylor Nancy Meem Wirth Claire Woodcock
VOTING TRUSTEES
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Trustee Maria Gale’s diverse interests in art, history and culture converge in her generous multi-year record of annual support throughout the Museum of New Mexico system. “I don’t golf, I don’t play bridge, I don’t do crosswords, but I love art,” she says. Along with her husband Ed, that love has translated to gifts through the Gale Family Foundation ranging from education and capital campaigns for the future Vladem Contemporary, to the Girard Campaign at the Museum of International Folk Art, to Exhibitions and Education Funds at all four Santa Fe museums and the Office of Archaeological Studies. Most recently, in December, the Gales underwrote the Scandinavian dinner and exhibition preview for the Museum of International Folk Art exhibition Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia. As board secretary and a member of The Circles, Circles Explorers and five Friends groups, Gale is also a devoted booster for the Foundation’s various membership programs and Annual Fund.
Top: Photo by Saro Calewarts. Opposite: Museum of New Mexico Foundation members John and Annabella St. Peter with their twin daughters, Emma and Hannah, at the Museum of International Folk Art. Photo © Andrew Kastner.
Lorin Abbey Allen Affeldt Catherine A. Allen John Andrews Cynthia Bolene William Butler Julia Catron Christie Davis Rosalind Doherty Diane Domenici John Duncan Gwenn Djupedal Kirk Ellis Jed Foutz Eric Garduño Robert Glick Pat Hall Bud Hamilton Steve Harris David Hawkanson Susie Herman Rae Hoffacker Peggy Hubbard Edelma Huntley Bruce Larsen Christine McDermott George Miraben Dan Monroe Kate Moss Michael Ogg, M.D. Dennis A. O’Toole, Ph.D. Sara Otto Michael Pettit Skip Poliner Kathleen Pugh Robert Reidy, M.D. Jerry Richardson Judy Sherman Little V. West Laura Widmar David Young Ellen Zieselman
HONORARY TRUSTEES Anne Bingaman Jim Duncan Jr. John Marion Edwina and Charles Milner J. Paul Taylor Carol Warren Eileen A. Wells
TRUSTEES EMERITI Saul Cohen Marian Silver James Snead
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A Year to Remember Many More Reasons to be a Member in 2022 It began in 1966, when Thomas B. Catron III paid the $10 annual fee for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s brand new membership program. The Santa Fe attorney (1922-2020) became the first official member of the institution he had founded four years earlier. That small payment would fuel a legacy of support for New Mexico’s largest arts and culture collective far into the 21st century. Sixty years later, the Foundation has raised more than $90 million in private giving from 25,000 donors and nearly 14,000 members dedicated to the wellbeing of the Museum of New Mexico system. Catron’s far-ranging vision established the Foundation as integral to the expansion of the museum system to include four Santa Fe museums, eight historic sites statewide and the Office of Archaeological Studies. While the State of
New Mexico funds building operations and staff salaries, Foundation support sustains exhibitions and public programs that distinguish these world-class cultural resources. As Catron said when launching the membership program: “The Foundation provides a way for private funds to be directed to three vital areas of cultural support: education, collections and exhibitions.” Now more than ever, there’s reason to join one of the largest membership programs per capita in the United States.
New Beginnings Foundation President/CEO Jamie Clements says the Foundation’s 60th anniversary year in 2022 will be “a year to remember.” It is filled with exhibition debuts and grand openings that will have seismic effects far into the future. They include: • In May, over Memorial Day weekend, Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site hosts the grand opening ceremony and other public events for the longawaited permanent exhibition Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival. • In June, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture celebrates the much-anticipated reopening of the groundbreaking permanent exhibition Here, Now and Always. • August heralds the spectacular unveiling of the Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District, kicking off an inaugural year of exhibitions and programs. “Those are the big ones,” Clements says, “all of which will enhance the usual experience of membership.” This anniversary year is filled with opportunities for members to participate in exhibitions, educational programs, and other in-person and virtual experiences throughout the museum system.
In addition, in celebration of Vladem Contemporary’s inaugural year, we are offering special, limited-time benefits. Beginning April 1, and running for one year, members who join, renew or Step Up to a new membership level will receive their core, members-only benefits along with these Vladem Contemporary extras: • Free, unlimited admission to Vladem Contemporary • A 10% discount and a free gift with a purchase at the Vladem Contemporary museum shop • A Vladem-inspired membership card design with a special designation of Milestone Member to honor your support in this important year • Members-only Preview of Vladem Contemporary before it opens to the public
Meaningful Memberships For longtime members, such singular experiences add up to a lifetime of enrichment. Since joining the Foundation with a $45 membership in 1986, Las Cruces residents Sally Ritter and Kent Jacobs have enhanced their membership experiences in several ways: as voting and advisory Foundation trustees, as members of the Founders Society and Legacy Society, and as major donors. But their most valuable memories are of the people they’ve met through membership.
Museum of New Mexico Foundation member and trustee Rosalind “Roz” Doherty with her late husband Lowell at the Foundation’s 2015 holiday party. Photo © Caitlin Elizabeth Photography.
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2022 Member Events Membership provides exclusive access and educational opportunities at our museums and historic sites. Enjoy these memorable member events in 2022, often first and free of charge.
MARCH Friday, March 11
Member Day: Western Eyes and Ansel Adams New Mexico Museum of Art | All members
APRIL Saturday, April 9
Cocktails with the Artist: Sommers Randolph Governor’s Circle and above
Thursday, April 14
“Sallie and I have developed many friends over the entire state,” says Jacobs. “It means so much to us.” Ritter adds, “If only all the citizens of New Mexico knew of the valuable opportunities that the state museum system and the Foundation make available.” Their enthusiasm is echoed by decades-long member and
Conversation with the Curator: Dressing with Purpose and Lloyd’s Treasure Chest Museum of International Folk Art | Online, All members Saturday, April 30
Salinas Missions Day Tour | Circles Explorers $
MAY Friday-Sunday, May 20-22
Chaco Canyon Glamping Trip New Circles Explorers members $
Founders Society partner Rosalind “Roz” Doherty. She
Saturday, May 28
secured Foundation membership even before she and her
Grand Opening Ceremony for Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site
late husband Lowell relocated to Santa Fe in 1992. She, too, says membership has been integral to her social life, and her involvement provides a lesson in building commitment.
All members Saturday-Monday, May 28-30
Doherty says. “When we could afford it, we increased our
18th Annual Native Treasures Art Market Santa Fe Convention Center Cocktails with the Artist: Virgil Ortiz
membership.”
Governor’s Circle and above
Like the nearly 14,000 student, individual, family, sponsor,
JUNE
“I wanted to support the museums and the Foundation. That’s why we went from family membership on up,”
patron, benefactor and ambassador members, Annabella and John St. Peter reap the benefits of Foundation membership at its most basic level.
Saturday, June 4
11th Annual Folk Art Flea Santa Fe County Fairgrounds Saturday, June 25
raising their twin daughters, Emma and Hannah, now age
Here, Now and Always Fundraising Dinner and Opening Celebration Museum of Indian Arts and Culture $
16. Annabella describes the Museum of International Folk
Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1
As family-level members since 2006, the St. Peters say access to museums and historic sites has been an integral part of
Art as “a second home” to the family. Top: Kent Jacobs, Museum of New Mexico Foundation advisory trustee, and his wife Sallie Ritter. Photo © James Hemphill.
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First Look and Member Preview: Here, Now and Always Museum of Indian Arts and Culture First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members 5
“I’ve brought my daughters since they were babies in their stroller,” Annabella says. “They would look at art and wiggle their legs and arms, they were so excited. It was just a delight to be there with them. To be able to include them in these experiences was super fun and educational. “For us, it’s important to be surrounded by beauty and history, all that the arts bring,” she continues. “Membership is a great deal, to be able to go to so many museums and historic sites. I’m pretty impressed. I’ve had memberships from other places where I felt like I didn’t get enough, but there’s always something to do—a lecture, an event, a new exhibit—with Foundation membership.”
JULY Saturday, July 9
New Member Welcome Reception
New Circles members and Circles Explorers
Circles Signature Summer Event: A Taste of Our Museums
Governor’s Circle and above and Corporate Partners
AUGUST Friday, August 5
Member Day: Indian Market: 100-Year History New Mexico History Museum | All members Wednesday, August 24
Donor Celebration and Preview Vladem Contemporary $ Thursday-Saturday, August 25-27
To stay up-to-date on member events, or learn more about membership levels and benefits, visit museumfoundation.org.
First Look and Member Preview: Shadow and Light Vladem Contemporary First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members
SEPTEMBER Murder Mystery Train Ride
National and Chairman’s Circle members
Arches National Park Glamping Trip Circles Explorers $
OCTOBER The Circles Travel to Morocco | Circles members $ Member Day: Righting a Wrong: Japanese Internment Camps WWII New Mexico History Museum | All members
NOVEMBER Day Trip to the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Circles Explorers $
DECEMBER Holiday Party Vladem Contemporary | Circles members and Corporate Partners First Look and Member Preview: La Cartoneria Mexicana: The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste Museum of International Folk Art First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members
For up-to-date event details and information, visit museumfoundation.org
John and Annabella St. Peter’s twin daughters take in an early museum experience at the New Mexico Museum of Art more than 15 years ago.
Events are subject to change. All events are free unless indicated by a $ symbol. An invitation will be sent prior to each event. To attend an event outside of your membership level, email membership@museumfoundation.org.
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Special Vladem-Themed Benefits for Increased Member Support opening of Vladem Contemporary.
• A Vladem-inspired membership card design with a special designation of Milestone Member to honor your support in this important year
To mark the occasion, we are offering limited-time benefits
• Members-only Preview of Vladem Contemporary before it opens to the public
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of three grand-opening celebrations in one year, including the
at the Vladem to all members. Additional Vladem Contemporary Benefits
Plus, when you Step Up to a higher membership level between April 1 and June 30, you’ll receive your new
• Free, unlimited admission to Vladem Contemporary
year-round benefits at your higher level immediately,
• A 10% discount and a free gift with a purchase at the Vladem Contemporary museum shop
spanning the remainder of your membership term and for another full year.
Step Up Your Support, Get More Benefits! If you increase your support to the following levels, you’ll receive your benefits at your higher level, plus these additional perks:
Sponsor ($150 $100) • Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) • Special tour of Vladem Education Center • Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops
Patron ($300/$270 seniors) • • • •
Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) Special tour of Vladem Education Center Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops Free inscribed brick at Vladem Contemporary ($250 value)
Benefactor ($600/$540 seniors) • • • •
Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) Special tour of Vladem Education Center Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops Two free inscribed bricks at Vladem Contemporary ($500 value) • Designer tote bag
Ambassador ($1,000/$900 seniors) • • • •
Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) Special tour of Education Center Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops Two free inscribed bricks at Vladem Contemporary ($500 value) • Designer tote bag • Commemorative poster For full benefit details and to Step Up, visit museumfoundation.org/stepup/. museumfoundation.org
Members get into a festive mood at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo © Gabriella Marks. 7
Back to the Future MIAC Living Treasure Virgil Ortiz
Friends of Indian Art Preserving and Promoting Native Art Friends of Indian Art is the member support group for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Members forge deeper connections with Native art, culture and history, and gain a greater appreciation for the museum’s collection through a dynamic annual calendar of museum events. Special visits to local galleries, collector’s homes and artist studios are also featured.
When Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti) was named the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s 2022 recipient of the MIAC Living Treasure award, he had an unconventional reaction. “I had to take a step back,” Ortiz says quietly over the phone, “and see what it could be used for.” His approach toward the designation is reflective of the community of ancestral potters who shaped him. “When I was 17, I realized it wasn’t about me, and how lucky I was to be born into a family of potters,” he says. Thus, Ortiz says he plans to turn the spotlight toward other Indigenous artists in his cohort, “to let everybody know it is fine arts we are creating, not just arts and crafts.” He’s also preparing to launch a podcast that will bring attention to a new group of Indigenous artists. In a year that will see the museum making bold strides into the future by reopening its permanent exhibition Here, Now and Always, Ortiz signifies the propulsive force of Native American art-making in a new era.
Annual dues are $100 for an individual and $150 for two people. A Museum of New Mexico Foundation membership is required to join. To join or learn more: Call 505.982.6366 ext. 100 or visit museumfoundation.org/FIA
Virgil Ortiz, Modern Monos, 2010. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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“It’s exciting,” says Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh), the
pottery is the nucleus, and all the other mediums orbit
museum’s interim director, of Ortiz’s MIAC Living Treasure
around it.”
honor. “It’s going to be a new direction. Virgil is such a next-
An exhibition of works by Ortiz will be held in conjunction
media artist. He’s traditionally trained in Cochiti pottery, in
with the Native Treasures Art Market on Memorial Day
that whole family legacy, but he does pottery, glasswork,
weekend. Ortiz plans a spectacle that combines perfor-
fashion and videos. I don’t know what to expect, but it’s
mance and the monumental figures he constructed last fall
going to be amazing. He has no shortage of ideas.”
at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in
For example, Ortiz’s new media focus tells of the 1680 Pueblo
Montana.
Revolt through a futuristic timeline of 2180. This, he says,
Martinez says Ortiz’s cutting-edge preoccupations offer
“allows me to create superheroes that will catch the eye of
important messaging for our time. “His 1680 Pueblo Revolt
the next generation and teach them a history lesson.”
series honors the past, but speaks to the future of survival
Ortiz’s virtuosity as a potter, sculptor, painter, fashion and jewelry designer, and futurist is encapsulated in the 2021 book Virgil Ortiz: reVOlution, co-authored by Charles S. King (Museum of New Mexico Press). Despite his daring breaks with tradition, the artist says, “The traditional works are at the heart and soul of everything I do. The traditional
and existence. It’s what the museum and the larger community need—an affirmation of why we exist and the beautiful traditions we come from.” To support exhibitions and public programs at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, contact Lauren Paige at 505.982.2282 or Lauren@museumfoundation.org.
Top: Virgil Ortiz, 2022 MIAC Living Treasure. Works by Ortiz will be featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture as part of the Native Treasures Art Market on Memorial Day weekend. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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‘Inspired and Refreshed’ A Season of Inviting Public Programs
Friends of Folk Art
After two years of COVID-related restrictions on public gatherings, the Museum of International Folk Art’s 2021 Día de los Muertos celebration was a sure sign that things were getting back to normal.
Championing International Cultures
“It’s been really positive,” says Leslie Fagre, the museum’s director of education. “Everyone was masked, but they just seemed so happy to be doing something in person, something that’s joyful and celebratory.”
Friends of Folk Art is the member support group for the Museum of International Folk Art.
The museum’s best-attended annual party ushered in a new season of openings with a cautious move toward more in-person events. The long-awaited opening of Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia in early December launched more than a year of public programming surrounding the Scandinavian dress traditions of Swedish folkdräkt, Norwegian bunad and Sámi gákti.
Members enjoy events and experiences that highlight and build upon museum exhibitions and collections. The group’s year-round calendar includes folk art collectors’ home tours, hands-on workshops, and engagement with international and local folk artists. Annual dues are $100 for an individual and $150 for two people. A Museum of New Mexico Foundation membership is required to join.
Virtual events in conjunction with Dressing with Purpose will complement in-person gatherings. Carrie Hertz, Dressing with Purpose curator, will discuss the exhibition via Zoom during an April 14 Museum of New Mexico Foundation virtual event. Online conversations with Scandinavian artists, a Midsommar floral crown making program, and a one-time online screening of the film Sámi Blood will also be on the calendar during the exhibition’s run through February 19, 2023. Spring also brings public programming around continuing exhibitions. Traditional Spanish colonial dances with musical group Lone Piñon is part
To join or learn more: Call 505.982.6366 ext. 100 or visit museumfoundation.org/FOFA
Synnøve Kvamme (center) with sisters Halldis and Gudrun Folkedal, dressed in Hardangerbunader, now on view in the Dressing with Purpose exhibition. © Jan M. Lillebø.
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of the popular Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico. Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan continues through October 2022 with new public programs, including workshops with Japanese Yokai artists.
lovingly preserved while the Flea was suspended. Now they
Fagre urges members to keep checking the museum’s events page for virtual and in-person opportunities related to these and other exhibitions. “The excitement is there,” she says. “People want to come in and be inspired and refreshed.”
According to Khristaan Villela, the museum’s executive
Return of the Folk Art Flea
“This funding enables us to be at the forefront of museum
While many event dates are still being finalized, one of the museum’s most popular annual events—the Folk Art Flea— is ready to return for its 11th year on Saturday, June 4. Sponsored by Friends of Folk Art, the museum’s dedicated member support group, this year’s fundraiser for museum education programs takes place in a spacious new location at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds with the largest and most diverse inventory in its history.
programs that range from the traditional to the innovative,
“The Flea is back and it’s better than ever,” says Laurie Vander Velde, board member of Friends of Folk Art and a co-chair of the event. “We have three years of items that have been
To support exhibitions and public programs at the Museum of International Folk Art, contact Laura Sullivan at 505.216.0829 or Laura@museumfoundation.org.
are ready to grace other homes and give purchasers the joy of supporting the educational programs and exhibits of the Museum of International Folk Art.”
director, in its first 10 years the Flea has provided more than $500,000 in funding for the museum, with supplemental pop-up sales during the years of COVID-19 suspension.
representing cultural significance and creativity from across the globe,” Villela says. Admission to the Flea is free, though Friends of Folk Art members enjoy early admission from 9 to 10 am. Public admission is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friends of Folk Art memberships will be offered at the event.
Top: Jenni Laiti in Street Gákti, now on view in the Dressing with Purpose exhibition. © Carl-Johan Utsi.
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Collecting in the 20th Century—and Beyond New Exhibitions Presage Vladem Opening
Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography Celebrating Contemporary Art and Imagery Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography is the member support group for the New Mexico Museum of Art and and the soon-to-open Vladem Contemporary. Members advocate for contemporary art and photography and enjoy exclusive educational and cultural events. Their support generates essential funding for museum exhibitions and collections. Annual dues are $100 for an individual and $150 for two people. A Museum of New Mexico Foundation membership is required to join. To join or learn more: Call 505.982.6366 ext. 100 or visit museumfoundation.org/FOCAP
Amid the first blush of a year that will see the August opening of the Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District, the New Mexico Museum of Art is launching a series of exhibitions at its original location. These shows celebrate more than 100 years of the museum’s historic collections and look ahead to the cutting-edge works to be featured at the Vladem. Visitors will experience a permanent shift in focus in the Art Museum’s second-floor galleries. There, Selections From the 20th Century Collection brings together “classic treasures and new surprises from the museum’s collection of 20th century art,” says Merry Scully, the museum’s head of curatorial affairs and curator of contemporary art. From the Taos Society of Artists to members of the Santa Fe art colony and prominent modernists, these installations, on view through December 31, will change periodically to reflect the best of the collections. Ansel Adams: Pure Photography, on display through May 22, highlights 17 prints from the museum’s collections and two promised gifts, focusing on pre-1932 photographs Adams made before he was an internationally known artist. Organized by photography curator Katherine Ware, the exhibition shows Adams’s stylistic shift from pictorialism to his more recognizable modernist flourishes. Opening March 12 is Western Eyes: 20th Century Art Here and Now, exploring regional developments in Modernism, including Indigenous and Mexican movements, as well as American Realism and Native American art.
Ansel Adams, Church at Ranchos de Taos, ca. 1929-30. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
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Christian Waguespack, curator of 20th century art, assembled the show to represent the types of contemporary art that will be spotlighted at the Vladem. Movements including Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism are all represented, weaving a narrative about the Art Museum’s century-old focus on local artists engaging with broader artistic themes and trends. Featured artists include Rebecca Salsbury James, Raymond Jonson and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. The Museum of New Mexico Foundation will host a Member Day on Friday, March 11, to allow members to preview Western Eyes and view the other new exhibitions.
Anticipating the Vladem Scully says the museum’s careful curation of these and other 20th century collections presages the Vladem’s big summer opening, which has several exciting projects still in need of funding. For example: • 2022 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Living Treasure honoree Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti) is devising a video installation for the opening. “At Vladem, we will be working
increasingly with technology,” Scully says, “as we have easier access to power technology there.” Funding for speakers and other technology is needed for the project. • Museum curators are heading up another unique Vladem funding opportunity—a window-box program for public art in collaboration with the Santa Fe nonprofit Vital Spaces. • Private gifts are also needed to fund the Vladem’s first year of public programs, including hosting dynamic speakers and public events. • Finally, private gifts are needed for an artist-in-residence program at the Vladem slated to begin in 2023. The initiative reaffirms the New Mexico Museum of Art’s original mission upon opening in 1917: to provide work space for contemporary artists. To support the New Mexico Museum of Art and Vladem Contemporary, contact Kristin Graham at 505.216.0826 or Kristin@museumfoundation.org.
Top: Fritz Scholder, Snake Dancer, 1967. Oil on board. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. John B.L. Goodwin. © Fritz Scholder Estate. Photo by Blair Clark.
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Hot Topic Exhibition Explores the History of Hot Springs
Friends of History Probing the Past Friends of History is the member support group for the New Mexico History Museum. Members find camaraderie in annual events, lectures and tours designed to give them a deeper understanding of New Mexico History. The Friends’ most popular programs are their First Wednesday Lecture Series and Historical Downtown Walking Tours. Annual dues are $100 for an individual and $150 for two people. A Museum of New Mexico Foundation membership is required to join. To join or learn more: Call 505.982.6366 ext. 100 or visit museumfoundation.org/FOH
For Alicia Romero, curator of New Mexico and Nuevomexicana/o history at the New Mexico History Museum, organizing a photo exhibition around hot springs in the state provided a much-needed ahhh moment amid the stresses of the pandemic. Curative Powers: New Mexico Hot Springs opens March 18 in the museum’s Herzstein Gallery, bringing together 75 mostly historic photographs of hot springs, as well as retro maps, brochures and other promotional materials. While the photos depict ever-evolving sites of geothermal energy around New Mexico, Romero says their context provides other historical clues. “It’s fun to look at the kind of people who frequented them, and the evolution of the architecture and infrastructure around them,” she says. The exhibition also examines the role of hot springs in the development of tourism in New Mexico. Those who invested most in their development and marketing are also revealed. A hint? Romero gives a three-word clue: “Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (as in Railway). One of the curator’s favorite photos on display depicts a late 19th century crowd, presumably just off a train, taking in the springs. “These people are just kind of sitting in the hot springs that haven’t been quite developed in their beautiful Victorian clothing,” she laughs. She adds that Montezuma Hot Springs, with its proximity to the railroad in Las Vegas, appears to have been a hotspot for ladies in long dresses with parasols, and men with hats and tails, staring inscrutably into the camera.
Hot spring between San Ysidro and Cuba, New Mexico, with the Jemez Mountains in the background, ca. 1940. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Neg. No. 005579.
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Less than a century later, the people frolicking at area hot springs were a lot more, well, naked. “Fast forward to photos of these hot springs in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and they’re all hippies,” Romero continues. “There’s no clothes, and it’s fun and loving. It’s so interesting to see the evolution in people’s behaviors.” Curative Powers anchors several projects underway at the History Museum. Opening August 7 is an exhibition and related programming celebrating 100 years of Indian Market (1922-2022). Some 150 objects documented to have been purchased at Santa Fe’s Indian Market over the past century are featured, including award-winning examples of pottery, jewelry, textiles, sculpture, basketry, paintings and beadwork. Over 100 historic and contemporary photographs and video interviews with Indian Market artists will also be on view. Museum of New Mexico Foundation members will get a sneak preview of the show on Friday, August 5.
Meanwhile, Romero is serving as project director for a recent $172,564 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Plan to pursue research for a 2023 exhibition on Miguel Trujillo (Isleta). The project explores Trujillo’s victorious 1948 court case against the State of New Mexico to secure voting access for Native Americans living on tribal lands. The grant, co-written by Romero and Palace of the Governors Photo Archivist Hannah Abelbeck, supports additional staff and advisors for the exhibition, which is guest-curated by Porter Swentzell (Santa Clara). As ever, private funding opportunities through the Museum of New Mexico Foundation are available. “While we have the money to pay the great people we hired, we really need extra funds to help implement the exhibition, as well as for speakers and symposia,” Romero says. To support exhibitions and public programs at the New Mexico History Museum, contact Yvonne Montoya at 505.216.1592 or Yvonne@museumfoundation.org.
Top: Continental Stereoscopic Company, Gazebo at Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mexico, ca. 1878-1898. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Neg. No. 009424.
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Bridging Generations, Disciplines Researcher Shelby Jones
Friends of Archaeology Digging New Mexico History Friends of Archaeology is the member support group for the Office of Archaeological Studies. Members enjoy exclusive invitations to interact with archaeologists through field trips, lectures, volunteer work and other archaeology-focused activities. Fees from programs directly support OAS research, field work and education programs. Membership in Friends of Archaeology is free, but a Museum of New Mexico Foundation membership is required to join. To join or learn more: Call 505.982.6366 ext. 100 or visit museumfoundation.org/FOA
Shelby Jones has been fascinated by the Earth’s magnetic field since high school. “When I first heard that the characteristics of Earth’s magnetic field could be preserved in rocks, I was 15 and was blown away,” she says. “The more I learned and worked in the field, the more my passion grew.” After devoting the last 15 years to studying the topic, Jones now contributes her expertise as a researcher and educator at the Office of Archaeological Studies, while also completing her dissertation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San Diego). Archaeology has a reputation for poaching concepts and methods from other sciences, but Jones’s research is payback, transforming an extensive archive of obscure archaeomagnetic data into a valuable resource for the international geophysics research community. “I love that I can combine my interests in geomagnetism and archaeology,” Jones says. “The idea that research in two very different fields can be mutually beneficial is the hallmark of modern scientific research.” Office of Archaeological Studies Director Eric Blinman adds, “I never realized quite how valuable our efforts could be outside of archaeology.” Archaeomagnetism is the study of the preserved magnetic signatures within archaeological materials. These signatures, when compared with models of variation in the Earth’s magnetic field over time, have proved to be a useful dating technique. Dr. Robert DuBois initiated the technique in the Americas in the early 1960s. In 1988, Dr. Daniel Wolfman established a Santa Fe
Field photo of a rock component of an Archaic heating feature prepared for archaeomagnetic sampling. Photo by Terracon Inc.
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laboratory for archaeomagnetic dating under the auspices of the Office of Archaeological Studies. Now under the direction of Blinman, Jones and laboratory technician Jeff Cox, the OAS Archaeomagnetism Laboratory at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology is one of only a few sources for archaeomagnetic dating and dedicated archaeomagnetic research in the western hemisphere. After DuBois’ death in 2008, OAS staff and volunteers (with Museum of New Mexico Foundation donor support) rescued more than six tons of his data and samples that had been slated for disposal in the Oklahoma City landfill. Combined with Wolfman’s data, the archive goes far beyond dating—providing one of the richest data sets for geomagnetic field modelers in the world. Thanks to the work of Jones, Blinman and Cox, the importance of the archive is attracting international attention and additional data contributions from other researchers. Jones has published measurement data for more than 51,000 archived samples from nearly 5,000 archaeological features for use by international geomagnetic scientists. She has also brought sophisticated new tools to the OAS laboratory for sample processing and data analysis. Jones is bridging generations and disciplines. She’s poised to apply archaeological knowledge of pottery pyrotechnology to geophysical studies of the changing intensity of the Earth’s magnetic field. Cox is collaborating with Latin American researchers to publicize and build on DuBois and Wolfman’s extensive early work. Both efforts are supported in part by the Dr. Donald E. Pierce Endowment for Archaeology and Conservation.
“The idea that research in two very different fields can be mutually beneficial is something that is the hallmark of modern scientific research.”
Additional private gifts through the Foundation are needed for other laboratory projects. The latest is an innovative study of enigmatic burned rock features from east Texas. Using a hybrid of the best of paleomagnetic and archaeomagnetic techniques, the OAS team employed the thermomagnetic properties of the materials to propose how the features were constructed and used, and whether they were disturbed between use and excavation. “What I love about archaeology is that we are constantly solving problems, often by creatively applying concepts and techniques from other disciplines,” reflects Blinman. “Donor support allows us to take risks and venture into new worlds.” Top: OAS researcher and educator Shelby Jones. Photo by Saro Calewarts.
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Bottom: Rock samples cut in preparation for magnetic measurement. Photo by Eric Blinman.
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‘Many Hands and Minds’ Celebrating Collaboration at Bosque Redondo When the Bosque Redondo Memorial finally celebrates its public Grand Opening on May 28, says New Mexico Historic Sites Director Patrick Moore, “It’s going to be a big deal.” Call it an international affair, as the long-delayed Memorial Day weekend festivities will include the Navajo Nation and Mescalero Apache tribes at the designated International Site of Conscience. The tribal groups were unable to gather with Historic Sites and other exhibition partners at last fall’s projected celebration due to COVID-19. “We didn’t want to do it without having our international partners,” Moore says, outlining plans for a large-scale afternoon event. Speakers and representatives from the New Mexico governor’s staff, as well as dignitaries from state, federal and tribal governments, are scheduled to attend. The collaborative spirit of the event, which includes Indian dances and an auction, is an acknowledgment of the many hands and minds who reimagined the exhibition Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival. The display commemorates the Long Walk, the forced relocation of Diné (Navajo) and N’de (Mescalero) peoples across more than 400 miles between 1863 and 1868. “What we have created there is truly collaborative,” says Moore. “There is not a single thing, down to the way we crafted new floorboard pieces, that has not been done in concert with our partners. We don’t do anything in a vacuum, and that’s what makes this exhibit so remarkable.” The participatory nature of the exhibition impacts how visitors perceive and respond to the painful histories recorded about the Long Walk. Intentional spaces for contemplation and response, such as an outside smudging room, are meant to soothe and spark reflection from the visitors who experience these spaces. “It’s an exhibit that will never be finished, intentionally,” says Moore. “We want it to be part of people’s collective psyches
when they’re done. There will be a lot of building and considering the future.” To that end, Moore emphasizes the ongoing “enormous need” for private funding at Bosque Redondo and all of the New Mexico Historic Sites. Gifts to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s Campaign for New Mexico History “can go a long way,” he says. “We are dealing with things that should have been dealt with years ago, decades ago,” Moore continues. “If people really want to make a difference, there is a high-impact opportunity.” To support the New Mexico Historic Sites, contact Yvonne Montoya at 505.216.1592 or Yvonne@museumfoundation.org.
Top right: A tepee-inspired entryway designed by Diné (Navajo) architect David Sloan greets visitors to Bosque Redondo Memorial.
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CORPORATE PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Thornburg Investment Management Celebrating 40 Years of Philanthropy As the Museum of New Mexico Foundation celebrates its 60th anniversary year in 2022, Thornburg Investment Management also marks a significant milestone this year. Forty years ago, Garrett Thornburg founded a company where “philanthropic giving and volunteerism are part of the culture,” says Erin Cave, Thornburg’s director of corporate social responsibility. Thornburg’s Foundation partnership began in 2005, intersecting the company’s values of community-minded excellence with the Foundation’s role as a steward of art, history and culture throughout the Museum of New Mexico system. As a global investment firm headquartered in Santa Fe, Thornburg provides strategic advice to institutions, financial professionals and investors with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The company oversees $49 billion in
Program supports classrooms attended by the children of
client assets and employs 250 people worldwide.
Thornburg employees with $500 to $1,000 annually.
Thornburg also boasts an impressive record of corporate
In honor of its 40th anniversary, Thornburg is focusing on
philanthropy, focusing on initiatives benefiting arts and
initiatives with a direct impact on the environment, financial
culture in communities in northern and central New Mexico.
literacy and historically underrepresented groups.
Cave says that Thornburg’s Foundation sponsorship as a
Thornburg’s generous commitment to the Foundation this
$10,000 Lead Corporate Partner has numerous perks. She
year includes support for the new Vladem Contemporary.
singles out a 2014 Judy Chicago exhibition at the New Mexico
“We are honored to deepen our partnership with the new
Museum of Art as a particularly memorable opportunity.
Vladem Contemporary,” Cave says.
“It was such a popular exhibit, and it happened to coincide
“We celebrate our New Mexico roots and history with the
with one of our client due diligence meetings,” she says. “As
Museum of New Mexico Foundation,” Cave continues.
part of our partnership, we were able to host our clients for a
“Together, we’ll continue to inspire the hearts and minds of
special viewing of the world-traveled exhibit.”
future generations.”
In addition to the Foundation, Thornburg’s philanthropic investments include support for more than 70 local, national and international organizations. The Thornburg Education
For information on becoming a Corporate Partner, contact Mariann Lovato at 505.216.0849 or Mariann@museumfoundation.org.
Top: Thornburg Investment Management staff (left to right) Michael Nelson, Erin Cave and Michael Corrao. Photo courtesy Thornburg Investment Management.
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MUSEUM SHOPS
Sara Birmingham’s Good Taste Longtime Museum Shops Director Retires Sara Birmingham, Museum of New Mexico Foundation Vice President of Retail, retired in January after 18 years. Here, she reflects on valuable lessons and highlights from her time managing operations for the Museum Shops. Member News: You came to the Foundation after a career at Nordstrom? Sara Birmingham: I was a vice president of the accessory division at Nordstrom. When I got to Santa Fe, I had sworn off retail. Then I saw an ad in the paper for a manager-buyer at the art museum. I went in and talked to the woman there. I thought to myself, “After having a budget of $85 million a month, I could manage this little store.” MN: What was most important to learn about your job? SB: It’s so important to know what’s going on in the museums. The best parts have been working with curators and directors around a new exhibit—deciding what we can do to promote the exhibit, how to take it a step further and build more product into the shop. MN: How do you balance merchandise? SB: With good taste, and without going outside the bounds of what our museums should represent. Can it be handcrafted? Can it come from an individual artist? When you’ve really bonded with the topic of the exhibit, it’s handed to you on a silver platter. It’s all built in for you. You just have to learn to build around it. MN: What exhibitions stand out? SB: The Red That Colored the World and New World Cuisine [Museum of International Folk Art], Fractured Faiths [New Mexico History Museum], Nicholas and Alexandra [New Mexico Museum of Art], Clearly Indigenous [Museum of Indian Arts and Culture]. The blockbusters make so much revenue for the shops.
MN: What are some of your most treasured shop memories? SB: To go to Peru to buy for the Folk Art of the Andes exhibition [Museum of International Folk Art], or to Guatemala for a textile show. I’m still working with the people I met there. At the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the History Museum, it’s the Native American or Hispanic jewelers I’ve worked with. I almost get chills hearing their stories. Just about the difference made in their lives, for being able to give them a check for something like two bracelets. It sounds ridiculous, but we can affect people’s lives. MN: How would you like to see your legacy continued in the Museum Shops? SB: By maintaining the integrity of what they purchase in the future. We have worked so hard—a whole group of people, even before me—to create these gallery museum shops. Our numbers are so far beyond a normal museum shop because of our dedication to handcrafted art. I believe we will maintain that integrity, and probably even get better.
Top right: Photo by Saro Calewarts.
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MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
Staff
DEVELOPMENT Kristin Graham
New Mexico Museum of Art
505.216.1199 Kristin@museumfoundation.org Yvonne Montoya
New Mexico History Museum New Mexico Historic Sites
505.216.1592 Yvonne@museumfoundation.org Lauren Paige
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Office of Archaeological Studies For a full Foundation staff list, visit: museumfoundation.org/staff
505.982.2282 Lauren@museumfoundation.org Laura Sullivan
Museum of International Folk Art
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Jamie Clements Jamie@museumfoundation.org Francesca Moradi 505.216.0826 Francesca@museumfoundation.org
505.216.0829 Laura@museumfoundation.org
MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS Saro Calewarts 505.216.0617 Saro@museumfoundation.org Mariann Lovato 505.216.0849 Mariann@museumfoundation.org Cara O’Brien 505.216.0848 Cara@museumfoundation.org Brittny Wood 505.216.0837 Brittny@museumfoundation.org
FINANCE Eduardo Corrales 505.216.1606 Eduardo@museumfoundation.org
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Tammie Crowley 505.216.1619 Tammie@museumfoundation.org
Peggy Hermann 505.216.0839 Peggy@museumfoundation.org
Georgine Chavez 505.216.1651 Georgine@museumfoundation.org
Sachiko Hunter-Rivers 505.216.1663 Sachiko@museumfoundation.org
SHOPS Teresa Curl 505.216.0725 Teresa@museumfoundation.org Susie Little 505.216.3135 Susie@museumfoundation.org Kylie Strijek 505.216.0651 Kylie@museumfoundation.org James Wood 505.216.3137 James@museumfoundation.org
LICENSING Pamela Kelly 505.216.0614 Pamela@museumfoundation.org
Picked Fresh for Spring at the Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Spring has sprung! The Museum Shops are brimming with a colorful selection of new, one-of-a-kind gifts and crafts, including new pieces from Hopi artist Ramson Lomatewama. Build yourself a bouquet of glass flowers and keep your buds in bloom year-round. As always, Members save 10% and Circles Members save 15% on every purchase.
Santa Fe Plaza New Mexico Museum of Art The Spiegelberg Shop at the New Mexico History Museum
Museum Hill Museum of International Folk Art Colleen Cloney Duncan Museum Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
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